To: jim-x; reaganaut1
If/when it becomes profitable, the government will not need to mandate participation.Exactly. The only recyclables that pencil out are metals, specifically aluminum.
Cardboard and paper, plastic and glass cost more to recycle than to produce anew.
4 posted on
10/04/2015 11:49:57 AM PDT by
PROCON
(A proud CRUZader.)
To: PROCON
Could probably make more money out of simply burning paper goods as an energy source. Scraps of wood too...
6 posted on
10/04/2015 11:53:04 AM PDT by
DoughtyOne
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To: PROCON
Recyclers pay you for iron and steel too (not cans but engines and cars). Also big money with the precious metals in the catalytic converter.
11 posted on
10/04/2015 12:05:40 PM PDT by
lacrew
To: PROCON
Cardboard and paper, plastic and glass cost more to recycle than to produce anew. Anyone who has been to Europe since the mania for recycling was imposed knows that cardboard and glossy paper is often recycled into some godawful toilet paper (hint, pack your own!).
Regards,
GtG
38 posted on
10/04/2015 2:12:16 PM PDT by
Gandalf_The_Gray
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